Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-19


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was anxious to make the race, and
was only waiting for q "cal' from
some source. to bring him out. lie
had written to all his old associates
in the Legislatures in which he had
announcing that he was con-
sidering the matter and asked what
wonld be his prospects In their sever
al counties. Among those to whom
he wrote was Judge Hargis, who had
been his colleague i'll the Senate.
Holt resided right in the heart of the
Purchase, and he was tool right to
Hargis' hand. So the would-be John
Kelly of Kentucky boards a train,
runs down to Paducah, out to May
field and across TO Murray, and spends
two or three days in close consulta-
ton with Holt, and then returns 10
Louisville. Two days after his de-
parture from May0eld, Holt formally
announced himself candidate.
6. While Hargis was engaged in
thus "flxing" up the southern and
western sections of the State, Harris
had taken run through bourbon,
Harrison and Pendleton tothe north
ern counties bordering on the Ohio,
only to find that he could carry none
of them. This rendered candidate
local TO that section indispensable 10
the plans of the conspirators, and sam
Gaines. of Frankfort, was dispatched
to Newport on mission to AL Berry,
which was successful, and resulted IN
that gentleman's candidacy.
Z. All the sections ofthe State were
now manipulated except the extreme
eastern portion. As there was no
Democrat up there that could be con-
trolled by the conspirators sufficient
| ly well known to the remainder OF
the State to bring out for the first
place, Hargis sought to placate the
Big Sandy Democrats by offering
them the second position on the tick
Of. and thus came about the candi-
dacy for the Lieutenant Governor
ship of the late Joe Gardner, can
didacy so suddenly and sadly termi-
mated by death at Frankfort two or
three weeks ago.
s. A week or ten days ago, at May
field, Col. Holt confded to a gentle
man of that place, whom he supposed
to be a friend to his aspirations, The
existence of his conspiracy, and his
connection with it, its object beng to
so distract and divide the Democracy
of the State as to render Buckner's
nomination impossible. lie, in COM
mon with Hines. Berry and Harris,
had received the promise of Hargis
that with Buckner out of the way he
should receive enough of the vote OF
the latter, combined with his own
natural support, to secure HIM the
nomination. This gentleman, who,
as il happened, although he had
made no public parade of his feel
ings,) is a Buckner man, confided tins
confession of Holt to prominent Of
fetal of Graves county, who, in turn
repeated 1t to prominent gentleman
of Louisville, both being in atten-
dance upon the Federal court in Pa
ducah last week, and the latter gen
tleman visited us at our home last
Sunday and impaired II to us, togeth-
err with the name ofthe Graves coun-
ty official who was his informant, and
that of the Mayfeld gentleman in
whom Holt had so indiscreetly re-
posed confidence, and both Of whom
we know to be men ofunquestionable
veracity as we'll as Democrats who
never falter in their duty towards
their party.
This is the whole story of as dam
nable conspiracy to thwart the laud'
able ambition OF as true gentleman
.as pure Democrat, and as capable
citizen as ever offered for public po'
sition in Kentucky, by as unscrupu-
lous a lot of demagogues as ever band
ed themselves together for that oil
any other purpose. The plan ofca
paign to be pursued against theil
victim was as yenomous and unfair
as their conspiracy is unmanly ant
dishonorable. His ability was to b.
decried, his faithful allegiance to hi
party to be misrepresented and falsi
fled, and only his military record t.
be held up to public view. The
speakers and papers in the interest oil
| the conspiracy were 10 din into the
ears and keep constantly paraded in
print before the eyes of the people the
| falsehUod that Buckner was running
solely upon his record as confeder'
ate soldier. Harris does this clumsi
| ~ and ungrammatically. Berry ad
roitly and with some show of hu
NOR and Holt by eloquent praise ant
lofty panegyric of his deeds as mil
tary chieftain of the ''lost cause.
Hines makes no speeches, but con
tents himself with proving iron
county to county in the, broad
brimmed SLOUGH hat of Great North
western Conspirator FORMING
wherever he can find material t
work upon, secret bands styled "Hine
Clubs" after the modus operandi o
the old, disreputable, repudiatet
know-nothing lodges. And it is
noted fact that Harris, Berry ant
Holt-the latter more by implication
than directly-decry the administra
ton of affairs in the State by tn
Democratic party, misrepresent it
conduct of financial matters, and ar
every day making speeches that viii
supply the Republican nominee
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